Colombia: Land Restitution: Chengue Dances Again

Sep 18, 2017 | Bogota Post
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The 2016 delivery of a land restitution sentence brought little solace to the residents of Chengue, but when government agencies began delivering on orders, despair turned to joy and inspired a party in this forgotten village. This year, hundreds of chengueros proved their attackers wrong and organised the first fiestas patronales in more than 20 years. The recent fiesta was the latest attempt by Chengue families to show one another that their former lives are not gone – rather, those two-day festivals that once made Chengue famous are back with the same pomp and pageantry of days past.